rupfen — German conjugation

to pluck

Frequency#1463Regular

Indicative

Present (Präsens) Regular

Präsens is the default present for facts, habits, and near-future plans. German has no continuous aspect in the same way as English, so a single form often covers both “I work” and “I am working” when you add a time adverb or context.

Ich arbeite heute im Homeoffice.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichrupfeI pluck
durupfstyou pluck
er/sie/esrupfthe/she/it plucks
wirrupfenwe pluck
ihrrupftyou (pl.) pluck
sie/Sierupfenthey pluck

Simple past (Präteritum) Regular

Präteritum is a narrative past, common in print and in northern speech, while southern speakers lean on the perfect in conversation. sein and haben keep their Präteritum even when you otherwise avoid the preterite.

Er war müde, aber er hatte keinen Kaffee mehr.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichrupfteI plucked
durupftestyou plucked
er/sie/esrupftehe/she/it plucked
wirrupftenwe plucked
ihrrupftetyou (pl.) plucked
sie/Sierupftenthey plucked

Present perfect (Perfekt) Regular

The Perfekt is the everyday past for finished events: auxiliary haben or sein plus participle, with sein for most motion, coming/going, and some change-of-state verbs.

Wir sind rechtzeitig angekommen und haben gefeiert.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhabe gerupftI have plucked
duhast gerupftyou have plucked
er/sie/eshat gerupfthe/she/it has plucked
wirhaben gerupftwe have plucked
ihrhabt gerupftyou (pl.) have plucked
sie/Siehaben gerupftthey have plucked

Pluperfect (Plusquamperfekt) Regular

The Plusquamperfekt is the pluperfect: it marks what had already completed before a later past episode in the same narrative.

Sie war schon gegangen, bevor er ankam.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichhatte gerupftI had plucked
duhattest gerupftyou had plucked
er/sie/eshatte gerupfthe/she/it had plucked
wirhatten gerupftwe had plucked
ihrhattet gerupftyou (pl.) had plucked
sie/Siehatten gerupftthey had plucked

Future I (Futur I) Regular

Futur I is for predictions, firm promises, and also probability about the present in colloquial German. Everyday speech very often uses Präsens plus a time expression instead.

Morgen schneit es, sagt der Wetterbericht.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde rupfenI will pluck
duwirst rupfenyou will pluck
er/sie/eswird rupfenhe/she/it will pluck
wirwerden rupfenwe will pluck
ihrwerdet rupfenyou (pl.) will pluck
sie/Siewerden rupfenthey will pluck

Future II (Futur II) Regular

Futur II (werden + participle + haben/sein) names an action that will be completed before a later time, and can also express a guess that something must already have happened.

Bis Freitag werde ich alles gepackt haben.

PronounGermanEnglish
ichwerde gerupft habenI will have plucked
duwirst gerupft habenyou will have plucked
er/sie/eswird gerupft habenhe/she/it will have plucked
wirwerden gerupft habenwe will have plucked
ihrwerdet gerupft habenyou (pl.) will have plucked
sie/Siewerden gerupft habenthey will have plucked

Subjunctive

Subjunctive II (Konjunktiv II) Regular

Konjunktiv II is the mood for politeness, contrary-to-fact if-clauses, and reported views. In speech, würde + infinitive often stands in for rarer preterit-based forms.

Könnten Sie mir bitte helfen?

PronounGerman
ichrupfte
durupftest
er/sie/esrupfte
wirrupften
ihrrupftet
sie/Sierupften

Other forms

Imperative (Imperativ) Regular

The imperative uses the du, ihr, and Sie forms of command; the informal du form drops the -st of the present for many strong verbs, and separable-prefix verbs place the prefix at the end.

Mach bitte schnell, der Zug fährt gleich ab.

PronounGerman
durupfe
ihrrupft